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Title Dedication of Hydreuma at Sikayt by the Prefect
Summary Dedicatory Inscription for a Well
Citations O.Ber. II 120
O.Berenike:2:120
Inv. Id Inv. BE00 0409-U-120, SK01.005
Support/Dimensions 1 triangular pediment, max. length 2.46 m; max. height 1.07 m; max. thickness 0.17 m.
Origin This inscription was discovered in Sikayt.
More from This inscription was discovered in Sikayt.
Language Latin
Date A.D. 76/77
More from the period between 76 CE and 77 CE
Note (general) 8 lines of text, traces of red paint remain.
Note (general) Inscribed version of a circular letter sent by the Prefect L. Iulius Ursus, dedicating the sinking of a well at a fortified site at Sikayt (not to be confused with Sikait near Mons Smaragdus).
Note (general) See R. S. Bagnall, A. Bulow-Jacobsen, and H. Cuvigny, "Security and Water on Egypt's Desert Roads: New Light on the Prefect Iulius Ursus and Praesidia Building under Vespasian," JRA 14 (2001) 325-333.
Note (general) See also S. E. Sidebotham and W. Wendrich, Berenike 1999-2000. Report of the 1999 and 2000 Excavations at Berenike and the Suvery of the Egyptian Eastern Desert (Los Angeles 2005).
Subjects Inscriptions; Dedication; Wells; Prefect; Fort
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

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APIS Translation (English)

In the 9th year of Imperator Caesar Augustus Vespasianus, L. Iulius Ursus, prefect of Egypt, returning from Berenike gave instructions for a well to be sought in this place. When it had been found, he ordered a fort and cistern to be constructed, under the direction of M. Trebonius Valens, prefect of the desert region of Berenike.